31 Oct, 2024 Housing Need Recognised in 2024's Autumn Statement By Stephen Harper In her response to yesterday's budget, Kate Henderson Chief Executive at the National Housing Federation, says: Today's budget...
30 Oct, 2024 Reforms to Agricultural Property Relief in the Budget result in a pressing need to review your succession plan By Philip Whitcomb So after months of speculation, the Chancellor has announced changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief. These...
30 Oct, 2024 Land Registry fee increases By Charlotte Lord Information services fees will increase by £4, the first increase in more than 10 years. From 9 December 2024 Land Registry fees for...
28 Oct, 2024 Disclosure failings merit a retrial say the Court of Appeal By John Flint In Kieren Corrigan & Co Limited v Bashir Timol (2024), the Court of Appeal again made it clear that a party who obtains a favourable...
24 Oct, 2024 So, what is "Grey Belt"? By Stephen Harper With the Government looking to free up land for new homes by re-designating some green belt land as “grey belt”, and stating that 50% of...
23 Oct, 2024 Sustainable Solar Supermarkets By Laurence Lacey This is an exciting initiative by Tesco, which reflects what many of our clients are doing to diversify the source of their power and...
21 Oct, 2024 Public sector pensions on divorce... a continuing saga? By Adam Maguire It has been reported in the Guardian this week that current and retired teachers who are going through divorce have said “their lives are...
21 Oct, 2024 The loser has to fall By John Flint The art of winning in Defamation can often mean exploiting your opponents weaknesses (aka their maggoty cake) by using part 18 requests...
18 Oct, 2024 Healthcare Summit 2024 - informative, enlightening and good to catch-up with familiar faces By Kim Klahn Some might have said that the Healthcare Summit was being held a couple of weeks too early with the impending Budget. However, the panel...
17 Oct, 2024 New workplace sexual harassment legislation By Tim Copplestone From 26 October 2024, employers will be under a new positive duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace....
17 Oct, 2024 Sustainability concerns drive commercial retrofitting By Laurence Lacey There is an interesting Estates Gazette article by Jim Larkin on the findings of research backing a report by Deepki on the approach of...
16 Oct, 2024 National Grid to collaborate with local authorities on network development plans By Sarah Manley The Distribution System Operator (DSO) of National Grid Electricity Distribution will share its future network development plans with all...